They were a beautiful couple. They would talk all night, seriously annoying her parents with the telephone bill, and were inseparable when at school. They resembled Prince Charming and Cinderella with how perfect they were together, and even with how they met.
It was a big dance to celebrate the returning to school that was held at the Community Center. The girl was allowed to go as long as she was home by mid-night. The boy was the most popular kid at the school, it already kinda sounds like another take on the classic story that takes place in modern times. The boy had been watching the girl all night trying to decide how she was alone, so when the only slow dance played it was no surprise to his friends when he walked over to the girl sitting by herself.
The boy walked over to the unfamiliar girl and asked to dance. They danced until the girl realized it was already 11:48 and she had a long walk home. She rushed out of the Community Center's gym with the boy trailing behind her. She was quickly gone, but the boy noticed something on the ground. The girl's necklace had fallen off while she was in her rush.
He was certain it was hers! He had just complimented her on it before she ran off. The boy asked the people who were hanging around near the girl but clearly not close enough for her to be part of their group, if they knew who she was. The group could only tell him one thing, that her first name was Rin. The boy went home soon after with the necklace in his hand, and looked in the last year's year book to see if he could find a 'Rin'.
The boy found no such girl and came to the obvious conclusion; she was not at the school he went to the year before. That meant one of two things. Either she was a freshman or she had just moved to the school and was in another grade.
The following Monday, the boy's luck was at its high. The girl was getting her schedule changed due to a mess up in the system and was placed in the same lunch period as the boy. The boy took the opportunity to return the fallen necklace and properly introduce himself. Before long, the girl was flirtatiously giggling at the jokes the boy made, and not long after that, they had decided that they were officially dating.
Rin and Kaito had been dating for a little over month, and for the past week Rin wanted Kaito to meet her parents. Rin had planned it out perfectly. He would walk her home on Friday, like he did every day, and she would have her parents come home from work early. She would prepare a stew before school so it could simmer in a slow cooker and be ready when the couple returned from school.
The plan worked like Rin thought it would. She introduced Kaito to her parents and felt accomplished. She was so happy that she didn't see the look of dissatisfaction on her parent's face when they learned that their 14 year old freshman daughter was dating an 18 year old senior boy. Her parents couldn't trust him and it made them feel uncomfortable that he was legal and she was not. Her parents wore a smile through the dinner to satisfy Rin, but when Kaito left the truth was told.
"Rin, has your boyfriend…um… tried to pressure you into anything you didn't want to do?" the girl's Mother asked with concern.
"Why would he do that?" Rin returned in question form.
"I don't trust him, break up," her Father demanded.
"Why don't you trust him?" Rin returned with another question.
"Because I'm not allowing my young daughter to date a boy 4 years older than her that was held back a grade and lives by himself!" her Father was furious by the fact his daughter would question him, but he was right. The boy was held back in his senior year and had hated his parents so much that he saved for his own place starting at 13 and moved out the second he was legal.
"I don't even know his address!" Rin didn't want to lose the fight over her first real relationship.
"That doesn't mean he wouldn't try to bring you their!" Her Mother added.
Rin couldn't handle the fighting and ran to her room. She locked the door and immediately understood why Kaito never liked his parents. She knew her parents weren't gonna let her call Kaito and she knew that her parents weren't gonna let her leave the house to go anywhere besides school in fear that she would instead hang out with Kaito.
Rin was too scared of her parents to disobey them, but breaking up with her boyfriend seemed to ridicules. They did have a point. A four year age difference is a lot in high school. Rin decided it would be best to just tell her ice cream loving boyfriend.
At lunch the next day, Rin approached Kaito with a solemn look on her face. Kaito gave a concerned look back at Rin. "Are you okay?" he asked. Rin just nodded and started the question that had been on her mind. "You wouldn't…" Rin tried to find the right word "…pressure… me into doing anything, right." Kaito was confused by the question. "Why?" Kaito asked. "My parents don't trust you."
To be honest, Kaito wasn't surprised. He was also kinda scared of Rin's father. Along with that, Kaito's love for Rin had reached its end. "Maybe your parents are correct," Kaito said, "Maybe we shouldn't date." Rin's eyes grew with shock.
She couldn't believe that Kaito would say that. She was on the verge of tears. "F-fine, I-I g-guess you're right," Rin had tears forming in her eyes. She threw her tray away and left the cafeteria, tears forming around her eyes. She couldn't handle school anymore for that day and walked home. She went upstairs to her room and cried into her pillow.